Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Men Behind Def JamHaving introduced the world to LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, DMX and Jay-Z, the label formed by hustler-incarnate Russell Simmons and A & R maverick Rick Rubin has now successfully marketed what was a ghetto phenomenon into the most pervasive youth...
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African-American Inventions That Changed The World: Influential Inventors and Their Revolutionary CreationsA considerable amount of the world's most influential inventors have been African-American, which is a fact that is often overlooked.Throughout history, African-Americans inventors have played a pivotal role in creating revolutionary inventions that has impacted our lives in various ways. These pioneers have contributed...
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Behind That SmileBehind That Smile is Lucette Sonigo's memoir of growing up in the aftermath of World War II in Tunisia. It chronicles her journeys to America, where she eventually settled permanently and opened her restaurant La Baraka in Queens, New York.Author: Lucette SonigoPublisher: Stacy CortigianoPublished:...
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The Battle Against Yourself: Take Control, or Be Your Own Worst EnemyImagine living a life unrecognizable to you . . . not knowing the reasons for your anger, your crippling depression, your self-destructive inner voice. Author Greg J. Vogt was one of those people. A gifted and athletic kid, he was battling depression and inner...
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They Serve Bagels in Heaven: One couple's story of love, eternity, and the cosmic importance of everyday lifeTHEY SERVE BAGELS IN HEAVEN: One Couple's Story of Love, Eternity, and the Cosmic Importance of Everyday Life is based on the true life story of Irene Weinberg, whose husband Saul died next to her in a tragic car accident. The amazing messages Irene...
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Finding My ShineNastia Liukin is an Olympic gymnastics all-around gold medalist, but the road to her success was not an easy one. In Finding My Shine, she shares not only her personal journey of success, but also her biggest challenges, including her career ending fall during...
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The Humpty Dumpty Syndrome: Fixing Broken Faces: Patient Stories of Maxillofacial SurgeryEarly in his groundbreaking career as a maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Morton Goldberg coined "The Humpty Dumpty Syndrome" to describe patients whose eggshell-thin facial bones had been damaged by trauma, disease, or malformation. The Humpty Dumpty Syndrome is his memoir of surgical adventures as he...
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David Janssen's Harry O Co-Stars From A to ZNo television program would be complete without co-stars and supporting players. This book pays homage to those over 500 individuals who acted with David Janssen in his two pilot movies, and forty-four episodes in two seasons of Harry O from 1973 through 1976. I...
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Camp Bulletins From 1110"Big Bob the Banker"(Lichty) and "Annie Bun Buns" (Homemaker Extraordinaire) had their challenges raising me in Austin, Minnesota. Sometimes growing me up was "tougher than picking fly poop out of pepper." (Father's words. Not mine.)Did you ever hear "You are not leaving this table...
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Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the WorldA mathematician's ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's story In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci, or the "Book of Calculation," introduced modern arithmetic to...
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The Logician and the Engineer: How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information AgeHow two pioneers of math and technology ushered in the computer revolution Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use--from our computers and cars, to home appliances. How did a system of mathematics established...
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Mathematics Without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic VocationAn insightful reflection on the mathematical soul What do pure mathematicians do, and why do they do it? Looking beyond the conventional answers--for the sake of truth, beauty, and practical applications--this book offers an eclectic panorama of the lives and values and hopes and...
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Cesar Chavez: A Hero for EveryoneViva la causa Viva C sar Ch vez Up and down the San Joaquin Valley of California, and across the country, people chanted these words. Cesar Chavez, a migrant worker himself, was helping Mexican Americans work together for better wages, for better working conditions,...
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Abe Lincoln: Abe LincolnLearn about the early life of Abraham Lincoln in this picture book biography that Kirkus Reviews calls "a moving tribute to the power of books and words." In a tiny log cabin a boy listened with delight to the storytelling of his ma and...
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Thurgood MarshallGet to know the first African American Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall in this middle grade nonfiction biography of his early years!The childhood of civil rights hero and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall comes to life in this engaging biography. Whenever Thurgood Marshall got...
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Louisa May AlcottDear Reader: The Childhood of Famous Americans series, sixty-five years old in 1997, chronicles the early years of famous American men and women in an accessible manner. Each book is faithful in spirit to the values and experiences that influenced the person's development. History...
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Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in CubaIn this companion volume to Alma Flor Ada's Where the Flame Trees Bloom, the author offers young readers another inspiring collection of stories and reminiscences drawn from her childhood on the island of Cuba. Through those stories we see how the many events and...
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PattonThis magnificent biography by the world's foremost expert on the life of George S. Patton portrays the many faces of the general with uncompromising insight: the gruff, demanding public front known (and feared) by millions; the sensitive, intellectual visage shown to intimates; and the...
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High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving PlacesFor generations of resolute adventurers, from George Mallory to Sir Edmund Hillary to Jon Krakauer, Mount Everest and the world's other greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground. But the question remains: Why climb? In High Exposure, elite mountaineer and acclaimed Everest filmmaker...
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Still Life with Rice: A Young American Woman Discovers the Life and Legacy of Her Korean Grandmother"A captivating memoir of a courageous survivor" (Publishers Weekly) and "a window onto the panorama of modern Korean history" (St. Petersburg Times) this is a radiant and engaging story about a young American woman's discovery about the life of her Korean grandmother.Helie Lee's grandmother,...
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